Definitions for imprudence
im·pru·dence

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. imprudencenoun

   a lack of caution in practical affairs

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1. imprudencenoun

   The quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness.

2. imprudencenoun

   An imprudent act.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Imprudencenoun

   Want of prudence; indiscretion; negligence; inattention to interest.

   Etymology: imprudence, Fr. imprudentia, Lat.

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1. imprudence

   Prudence (Latin: prudentia, contracted from providentia meaning "seeing ahead, sagacity") is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue, and in particular one of the four cardinal virtues (which are, with the three theological virtues, part of the seven virtues). Prudentia is an allegorical female personification of the virtue, whose attributes are a mirror and snake, who is frequently depicted as a pair with Justitia, the Roman goddess of Justice. The word derives from the 14th-century Old French word prudence, which, in turn, derives from the Latin prudentia meaning "foresight, sagacity". It is often associated with wisdom, insight, and knowledge. In this case, the virtue is the ability to judge between virtuous and vicious actions, not only in a general sense, but with regard to appropriate actions at a given time and place. Although prudence itself does not perform any actions, and is concerned solely with knowledge, all virtues had to be regulated by it. Distinguishing when acts are courageous, as opposed to reckless or cowardly, is an act of prudence, and for this reason it is classified as a cardinal (pivotal) virtue. In modern English, the word has become increasingly synonymous with cautiousness. In this sense, prudence names a reluctance to take risks, which remains a virtue with respect to unnecessary risks, but, when unreasonably extended into over-cautiousness, can become the vice of cowardice. In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle gives a lengthy account of the virtue phronesis (Ancient Greek: ϕρόνησις), traditionally translated as "prudence", although this has become increasingly problematic as the word has fallen out of common usage. More recently ϕρόνησις has been translated by such terms as "practical wisdom", "practical judgment" or "rational choice".

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1. Imprudencenoun

   the quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence

2. Etymology: [L. imprudentia: cf. F. imprudence. Cf. Improvidence.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of imprudence in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of imprudence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of imprudence in a Sentence

1. Guicciardini:

   Plans that are wise and prudent in themselves are rendered vain when the execution of them is carried on negligently and with imprudence.

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

   So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many things belonging to the master -- so long as the failure, or misfortune, or imprudence, or death of the kindest owner, may cause them any day to exchange a life of kind protection and indulgence for one of hopeless misery and toil -- so long it is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best-regulated administration of slavery.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=imprudence
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Imprudence
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=imprudence
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprudence
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imprudence